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The enemy sniper unit, armed with the latest heavy sniper rifles, was thrown to the area of the Donetsk airport. Coordinator of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook. “The enemy deployed a sniper unit, armed with the latest innovations of the Russian defense industry – heavy sniper rifles, to the area of...

Terrorists have shelled the positions of Ukrainian military 44 times over the past 24 hours, the press center for the anti-terrorist operation has reported on its Facebook page. “Last night bandits fired at our units stationed near the settlements of Pisky and Mykolaivka. Checkpoints, strongholds and observation points were shelled with...

Over 24 hours, by violating the truce, militants shelled the ATO forces 44 times, as a result four Ukrainian military were killed, 18 – got injures. The ATO press center informs. “Over 24 hours, in fighting for independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, we lost four military, another 18 were wounded. All wounded were sent to medical...

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and its threat to the whole region are the focus of efforts by the United States and its partners in Europe. U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said this at the Global Security Forum in Washington on Wednesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent reported. “Russian aggression in Ukraine is the...

The Opposition Bloc officially says about formation of the parliamentary coalition in the Verkhovna Rada of the VIII Convocation. A statement of the political force reads. “The Opposition Bloc undertakes responsibility for formation of the parliamentary opposition, which will fight for interests of people,” a statement reads. Members of the...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stressed the importance of speeding up the investigation into all crimes committed against protesters on the Maidan and urged the investigating authorities to speed up their work. He said this at a meeting with the heads of law enforcement agencies on Wednesday, the presidential press office reported....

Next meeting of a working group on the coalition agreement started in the Verkhovna Rada. As reported by Ukrinform, representatives of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, People’s Front, Samopomich Association and Radical Party of Oleh Liashko came to participate in the meeting. According to Yuriy Lutsenko, representative of the Block of Petro...

The Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation forces should prepare for combat operations due to the build-up of military efforts by Russia and Russia-controlled terrorists. Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said this at a government meeting on Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “We see and know about increasing efforts by...

The balanced hryvnia rate will be found, when the dynamics of its price reduction stops. Head of the NBU department for foreign exchange transactions and analysis of financial markets Serhiy Ponomarenko told reporters on Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The balanced exchange rate will be found when devaluation stops,”...

The EU has granted Ukraine the next tranche of EUR 260 million in macro-financial assistance and provided an additional EUR 3.3 million as humanitarian assistance to the population affected by the conflict in Donbas. The European Commission reported this on Wednesday, Ukrinform’s correspondent in Brussels said. “Today, the European...